Sonariwo requested for Awolowo state creation
Paramount ruler of Remo Kingdom, Oba Michael Adeniyi Sonariwo, Akarigbo of Remo has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Government to create Awolowo state out of Ijebu and Remo divisions of Ogun State. The monarch said creating Awolowo state would put an end to the controversies that have been trailing the creation of Ijebu state since the agitation started decades ago. The rationale behind this, he said was that Ijebu and Remo have been agitating for the creation of a state out of the old Ijebu province. He argued further that the place remained the only province in Nigeria today, which has not become a state out of the provinces created during the colonial era. The royal father, however, said the serious controversies that had been hindering the creation of the state was identity crisis because Ijebu state wanted Ijebu created and the capital located in Ijebu Ode. Remo, on the other hand, insisted that if the state must be named Ijebu state the head...